RPC IV.1, 5125 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5125 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΓΕΡΜ (facing outward)
Edition Λ(εύκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος Καῖσ(αρ) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar Germanicus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νεικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design infant Dionysus seated in cradle, right, extending both arms; to left, transverse thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.76 g
Axis 7, 8, 12
Reference Rec 239, BMC 43
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 919 Rec 239, pl. LXXIII.11
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 43, pl. XXXII.14
3 3     L: 1979-1-1-1340 vA 7026
4 4     Boston: 67.327
5 5     C. Scarlioli coll.
6 6     Numismad 19, 25–26 Oct. 2024, lot 833